Five Atlanta men, including a U.S./Jamaican dual citizen, have been charged with numerous offenses involving the alleged trafficking of hundreds of firearms to the Caribbean, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said.
“These defendants allegedly perpetrated a multi-year crime spree in the city of Atlanta—breaking into vehicles and stealing guns—to source firearms to be smuggled out of our country, fueling violence overseas,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.
The five indicted by a federal grand jury on May 27 include Andre Lalor, a/k/a “Plug Dre,” 48, of Conyers; and Sanchaz Turner, a/k/a “Chezz,” 20; as well D’Anthony Varner, 23, Lorenzo Harris-Brown, 21, and Albert Brown, 21, all of Atlanta…